My beloved pit bull rescue, Butch, is ill too. We went into the vet over a week ago Friday because he looked like he was bruised all on his underside, bleeding out into the skin! Very scary, plus he was not acting like himself. Blood tests showed very low red blood cells, like a hemophyliac. More blood was sent away until Monday for more involved testing. That all came back okay, organs were not affected. So we went back this Friday for another blood test, Butch had been on Prednisone 20mg all week and Vitamin K for bleeding. We were happy because we thought he was better, but blood test showed worse!!! More things were going on, like he is making no red blood cells and overmaking the white blood cells. Without further tests she said he has an Autoimmune disease or cancer of some kind. I am sick about it, he is our life too. We love him so much, he is only seven years old to be on 12/21//12! We are not going to put him through anymore tests, we will just make his life as good as can be from now on, he is still eating and loving food, he eats BARF from California, and WYsong to back it up, it is so expensive. We thought we raised Butch right, we did not overvaccinate, we thought, and have fed him only the top stuff. But still he becomes ill with this life threatening illness. Good luck to you, and maybe people will give us some good advice here.
